Case Study Analysis

Module Learning Outcomes:

In this assessment the following learning outcomes will be covered:

LO 3. Identify appropriate sources of data, start to practice research and analysis using various academic and secondary data sources.

LO 4. Conduct a case study analysis and discuss, identify and assess responsible business practices (here the promotion of wellbeing or equality, diversity and inclusion in the management of employees within organisations) and ways to enhance them at an individual level within organisations.

Assignment:

Coursework 1 – Case study analysis

The objective of this coursework is for you to critically engage with the theory and practice of promoting wellbeing OR EDI (equality, diversity and inclusion including cultural diversity) for employees within organisations. We want you to think from both an organisational and an individual point of view. As such, we ask that you undertake a case study analysis of an organisation which is promoting one element of EDI in the management of its employees and discuss the implications of your analysis for your own personal and professional development.

For this assignment, you need to do the following tasks:

1. Choose an area related to the promotion of either wellbeing OR equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in the management of employees within organisations i.e. gender equality, race and diversity recruitment, LGBTQ+ identities and employee experience, disability adjustments, the promotion of cultural diversity, etc. Critically summarise some of the theories and academic debate associated with the area that you chose using academic references on the topic.

2. Choose a case study of an organisation in any type of sector (i.e. corporations, SMEs, public organisations, social enterprises, NGOs, etc.) to illustrate the promotion of the area that you chose in 1. within that organisation.

3. Critically apply and discuss the academic debate and/or theories that you have summarised in 1. in relation to the practice of this organisation: to what extent does the case study support or illustrate the academic debate?

4. Conclude your work by summarising the key findings from your analysis and what it means for your own learning and personal and professional development.

In doing this assignment, it is recommended that you build on the material from weeks 1 to 9 of the module and activities from Seminars 1 to 4. In conducting your case study analysis, you need to bring together academic references (journal articles, academic books...) for the literature that you discuss in 1. and secondary data about your case as evidence to support your analysis of the case.
 Grading Criteria / Marking Rubric

Your submission will be graded according to the following criteria:

1. Understanding

2. Structure

3. Supporting Evidence

4. Reflection

5. Style

See the marking rubric at the end of the remit for more information on how your work will be marked and graded.

Ethical Use of Generative AI (GenAI)

You are permitted to use GenAI to support your submission for this assessment. You may use it for the following activities:

Researching and refining your ideas

Information retrieval or background research

Drafting an outline to organise or summarise your thoughts

Refining the structure of your assignment

Checking spelling and grammar

Applying GenAI tools should be done with human oversight and control. You should carefully review and use the results carefully as AI can generate authoritative-sounding output that can be incorrect, incomplete, uncritical, or biased.

You may not submit any work generated by an AI tool as your own. Where you include any material generated by an AI tool, it should be properly declared just like any other reference material. Alongside your assignment you should also provide a commentary in the Cover Sheet detailing how GenAI has been used to develop your final submission. If you have not used GenAI tools, you should clearly state so.

Plagiarism, including that which results from using GenAI, is a form of academic misconduct that will be dealt with under the University’s Code of Practice on Academic Integrity.